Category Archives: 101 acres

KNOWING where your property boundary is

We recently purchased 101 acres of land to homestead for our forever/generational property. At our last property in the city limits, we could stand on the road and see the entire property. With this much land, not so much. Seeing is knowing, and in thi…

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2 Weeks Progress on our Forever Property

This video was recorded exactly two weeks after closing on the land. We’ve had some equipment delays, land-clearing contractor delays, and weather delays. All in all, not bad progress. We’ve done so much since this video was shot. Much more…

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New Tool: CHIPPING a driveway

Due to the weather, the dirt work we contracted out for the driveway and shop pad has been delayed. So, we spent some time doing grunt work to shape the driveway and get a better visual of how it will look and where it will be. We got the tractor out t…

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Clearing the Gate

Small milestone for us. We start clearing trees to uncover the front gate. Small step for mankind, one giant leap for the Bates family. We have someone lined up to put in a driveway and clear a few acres for the shop pad, but that has been delayed due …

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